Device for holding in place on the shoulders of the wearer, shoulder straps of ladies&#39; evening and similar gowns



March 10, 1925. 1,528,882

H. A. KENNERLY DEVICE FOR HOLDING IN PLACE ON THE SHOULDERS OF THEWEARER,

SHOULDER STRAPS OF LADIES EVENING AND SIMILAR GOWNS Filed Nov. 15. 1922INVENTOR /LM 6MWM ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

HELENE ALBERT KEN NERLY, OF NEW YORK, N.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING IN PLACE ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE WEARER, SHOULDERSTRAPS F LADIES EVENING AND SIMILAR GOWNS.

Application filed November 15, 1922. Serial No. 601,007.

a means for holding comfortably and sccurely to the shoulders of thewearer shoulder straps of ladies evening and similar gowns and thusprevent said straps from n'ioving out of place or slipping off thewearefis shoulders. It may be observed that it is not an un- 0 commonoccurrence for the thin and light supporting strap or straps of suchgowns to slip from the shoulders of the wearer, in

many cases causing muchdiscomfort and subjecting the wearer to theannoyance and burden of replacing the strap or straps to normal positionon the shoulder.

To protect the wearer against occurrences of such character I-haveprovided a device that is simple and inexpensive, that can be applied toany gown of the above description without any, or at least with anegligible amount of alteration in the supporting straps of gowns of theabove described character.

The inventionconsists simply of a small piece of tape or ribbon made ofa width slightly less than the straps of evening gowns withmeanshereinafter described for securing the strap to the shoulder.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view oi the device.Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view of an alternative form.

To accomplish my desired object I thus provide as aforesaid a smallpiece of ribbon or other suitable material a, approximately from one tothree inches in length, and about a half inch or less in width. The

dimensions of the device may vary according to the dimensions of thestrap it is intended to be applied to.

To each side of said ribbon is applied a thin coating of adhesivesubstance represented by the letter 7) in the accompanying drawings, orthe adhesive coating may be applied to the end portions of said deviceand on each side. v The device is then ready for use. To apply it, it isfirst fastened to the under side of the shoulder strap by pressing itagainst same. In turn the strap is secured to the shoulder by pressingthe strap and device against it, or the reverse proeedurc may beemployed by first applying the device to the shoulder and thento thestrap of the gown.

Another form of my invention as illustrated in Fig. 3 consists inemploying what is commonly called an invisible fastener as ameans forconnecting the device to the shoulder strap instead of by the use ofadhesive substance. In the accompanying drawings this fastener isrepresented by the letter (2. In this form the device need merely becoated on one side with adhesive substance I) and to the other side onemember of the invisible "fastener is securely attached. The counter partof said fastener is scwed or inserted on the under side of the shoulderstrap. Thus by pressing both members of the fastener together the devicebecomes securely connected with the shoulder strap.

More than one fastener may be employed, but experiments have shown thatone such catch is sufficient. The advantage of this form of connectionover the other lies in the fact that the device may be changed from timeto time from one gown to another without soiling in any manner theshoulder strap.

Experiments have been made with the above described device and haveproven the value of the invention. It is particularly useful for peopleof the stage whose constant wear of such gowns is a necessity and whoare constantly appearing before the critical gaze of large audiences.

2 aspen Having thus described my invention what of the wearer, saidmaterial having a coat- I now claim and desire to protect by Letters ingof adhesive on both sides to secure it Patent is as follows: to theshoulder of the wearer and the shoul- 0 A means of holding in placeshoulder der strap of the gown. 5 straps of ladies gowns comprising aflexible This specification dated the 14th day of strip of materialadapted to la between the- November, 1922. shoulder strap of the gown anthe shoulder HELENE ALBERT KENNERLY.

